Cannabis

Abstract BACKGROUND:  medical cannabis refers to the use of cannabis or cannabinoids as medical therapy to treat disease or alleviate symptoms. In the United States, 23 states and Washington DC (May 2015) have introduced laws to permit the medical use of cannabis. Within the European… Read More »Systematic review of safeness and therapeutic efficacy of cannabis in patients with multiple sclerosis, neuropathic pain, and in oncological patients treated with chemotherapy].

Teens who use a lot of marijuana and alcohol are less likely to have a full-time job when they grow up, or to get a college education or get married, according to a new study by University of Connecticut researchers. The study of 1,165 young… Read More »UConn Study: Teenage Pot, Alcohol Use Can Reduce Success Later In Life

For Immediate Release  November 1, 2017 As part of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s ongoing efforts to protect consumers from health fraud, the agency today issued warning letters to four companies illegally selling products online that claim to prevent, diagnose, treat, or cure cancer without… Read More »FDA warns companies marketing unproven products, derived from marijuana, that claim to treat or cure cancer

“I am not pro-cannabis; I think 90% is placebo.”   “LAST YEAR DEDI MEIRI, A CANNABIS RESEARCHER AT THE TECHNION, ISRAEL’S OLDEST UNIVERSITY, RECEIVED A “BEFORE AND AFTER” VIDEO OF AN AUTISTIC BOY. The before showed the boy helmeted, hands tied behind his back, butting his head against a… Read More »The bad science of medical cannabis

Survey shows marijuana use disorder linked to substance use/mental disorders and disability.  Marijuana use disorder is common in the United States, is often associated with other substance use disorders, behavioral problems, and disability, and goes largely untreated, according to a new study conducted by the… Read More »Marijuana use disorder is common and often untreated

A new study on cannabis has found that users with mental illness present an increased risk of violent behaviour.  The research conducted by the Institut en Santé Mentale de Montréal (Montreal Institute of Menal Health), studied 1,136 patients – from 18 to 40 years of age –… Read More »Smoking cannabis increases violent behaviour in young people with mental health disorders

Author: Mark Gold, MD Ground-breaking research on the hippocampus and ECs has enhanced our knowledge of the role of molecular mechanisms necessary to process lipid EC messengers. It has been established that circuitry between the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex is disrupted by the introduction of exogenous… Read More »Endocannabinoids and Hippocampal Signalling and Function

To conclude, our findings are relevant as they aid to shed light on the cannabis–violence association that has been less extensively studied amid psychiatric patients, in whom cannabis use is twice as prevalent in contrast to the general population. Compared to prior studies, we employed… Read More »Persistency of cannabis Use Predicts Violence following acute Psychiatric Discharge

Published 1 October 2017  By Ana Sandoiu Butane hash oil is a cannabis extract made using butane. Researchers have analyzed the chemical composition of the vapors released by butane hash oil – a cannabis extract commonly used in “dabbing,” or vaporizing – and found carcinogenic substances.… Read More »‘Dabbing’ cannabis may release cancerous toxins

The authors continued, stating that the current study focused on the “chemistry of myrcene and other common terpenes found in cannabis extracts. Methacrolein, benzene, and several other products of concern to human health were formed under the conditions that simulated real-world dabbing. The terpene degradation… Read More »Cancer-Causing Compounds Found in Cannabis Oil